Curriculum Vitae
Education
Dr. rer. pol., equiv. PhD in Economics, at the Technische Universität Dresden, Completion Date: 27.Feb. 2017.
Diplom-Volkswirt, equiv. M. A. in Economics, Technische Universität Dresden, 2011.
Professional Appointments
20% position as an Associate Professor at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), 2023.
Associate Professor at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), since 2022
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Bergen, since 11/2017.
Lecturer, Chair of Public Economics, TU Dresden (01/2012-10/2017).
Publications in Refereed Journals
“A global map of Amenities: Public Goods, Ethnic Divisions and Decentralization”, Journal of Development Economics, 164, 2023.
"International Trade, Geographic Heterogeneity and Interregional Inequality" (with Georg Hirte and Christian Leßmann), European Economic Review, 127(8), 2020.
“Profit Shifting and Corruption” (with Katarzyna Bilicka), International Tax and Public Finance, 27, 2020, 1051-1080.
“Regional Inequality, Convergence, and its Determinants ‐ A View from Outer Space” (with Christian Leßmann), European Economic Review, 92, 2017, 110-132.
“Corruption and Prevalence of Tax Loopholes” (with Sugata Marjit and Marcel Thum), German Economic Review, 18(3), 2017, 283-301.
“Tax Evasion, Corruption and Market Entry” (with Marcel Thum), Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 63 (4), 2016, 377-398.
Grants, Awards and Scholarships
2019 Grant by the Center for Growth and Opportunity 50.000$ “Measuring Firm Growth and Tax Avoidance from Outer Space”, in Cooperation with Katarzyna Habu (09/2019-09/2020).
2015 “Dr. Händel-Preis” Award by the Technische Universität Dresden.
2012 German Research Foundation (DFG) Grant 759-3, 170.000€, Project: “Tax Evasion of Firms and Corruption in the Tax Administration”, in Cooperation with Marcel Thum (10/2012 -10/2015).
2012 Scholarship by the Free State of Saxony (04/2012 -10/2012).
2010 Erasmus Scholarship (09/2010 -12/2010).
Teaching Experience
Lectures
An Applied Introduction to the Use of GIS in Economics (Utah State University, Spring Term 2020)
Advanced Mathematics and Optimization (University of Bergen, Fall Term 2018, 2019, 2020)
An Applied Introduction to the Use of GIS in Economics (Utah State University, Spring 2020)
Principles in Economics (Dresden International University, Summer Term 2010 and 2012)
Lectures \ Tutorials (all at the Technische Universität Dresden)
Microeconomics (Summer Term 2013, 2016 and 2017).
Public Choice (Winter Term 2015/16 and 2016/17).
Principles in Economics (every Winter Term since 2008/09, until 2016/17).
Public Economics (Summer Term 2011, 2014 and 2016).
Invited talks
Research Seminar at the Norwegian Business School, Department of Economics (04/2021).
Research Seminar at the Brown University, Growth Lab (03/2021).
Bergen Seminar in Development Economics co-hosted by FAIR and CMI, Bergen (11/2019).
JERSeminar at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Jena (05/2018).
Quantitative Economic Research Seminar of the Department of Economic at the Universität Hamburg, Hamburg (04/2018).
Colloquium of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Hamburg (05/2017).
Memberships and Affiliations
NoCeT Norwegian Centre for Taxation.
International Institute of Public Finance.
Verein für Socialpolitik.
CESifo Research Network.